How much vitamin D can boost memory, learning and decision-making in older adults, and how much is too much? A unique Rutgers-led study found that overweight and obese older women who took more than three times the recommended daily dose of vitamin D showed improvements in memory and learning – but also had slower reaction […]
Archives for March 2019
SEBS student project wins landscape award
Edwin W. Gano (SEBS’18) and Giovanni A. Caputo (SEBS’20)
NJAES: Maximizing the Benefits of Curbing Food Waste
In addition to the economic cost of food, there is the additional cost in resources such as land, water, labor, and transport that is not often factored into the cost of food waste. With global solid waste generation accelerating, and organic waste contributing significantly to the problem, continued use of landfills for organic waste is […]
Here’s a running list of all the ways climate change has altered Earth in 2019
Robert Kopp – Institute of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
The US Opposed a UN Plan to Study Geoengineering to Combat Climate Change
Alan Robock – Department Environmental Sciences
Rutgers Experts Comment on New Jersey’s State Microbe- Streptomyces griseus.
Selman Waksman; Elizabeth Bugie; Albert Schatz – Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
National Experts Featured at 6th Annual Rutgers Human Performance Conference Hosted by IFNH Center for Health and Human Performance, March 29-30
With over 250 participants in attendance in 2018, the 6th Annual Rutgers Human Performance Conference to be held on March 30, 2019 is projected to be the largest yet. Hosted by the Center for Health and Human Performance at the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health and presented in conjunction with the International […]
New agricultural program takes root at VHS thanks to land donation and community input
Rutgers Food Innovation Center
A new age for energy: Startups offer high-tech ways to save power
Serpil Guran – Rutger EcoComplex
11 Tick Species Confirmed in NJ: Rainy Weather Could Cause Surge
Dina M. Fonseca – Center for Vector Biology; Department Entomology